Carol Danvers has had as many interpretations of how she became a superhero as she's had superhero mantles themselves — but the first trailer for her solo movie was not the only new take on it we got this week. Her latest comic series just made us question everything we thought we knew about her origins.
Before she was Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers had a storied (and occasionally pretty damn weird) life, in the military and as Ms Marvel. Now, as part of Marvel's latest comics relaunch, she's going to revisit her roots... and find that some things may not be as they have seemed.
Comic book relationships have always been kind of cheesy, charming throwbacks to the good old days when people married their high school sweethearts or had random meet-cutes, like, on the train. While those things do still happen, dating in the 21st century means that you're probably on an app, and the same is now true in comics, too.
Carol Danvers has had a rough few months being raked through the mud that was Civil War II. But she has a new comic series out this week, and perhaps more importantly to Marvel, a movie scheduled for 2019. So after spending the almost a year giving her a position she could not defend without coming across as awful, Marvel is trying to re-invigorate the Carol Corps.
The original way Carol Danvers became Ms. -- and later Captain -- Marvel has always been a bit of a weird tale. Weird enough that Marvel has already said they want to streamline and change it for her cinematic debut in a few years. But her latest comic series might have already done that tweaking for them.
